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The Hemil Centre was established in 1988. It was reorganised as the Department of Health Promotion and Development in 2010, and includes the disciplines health promotion, child welfare and gender and development. The Department, which is interdisciplinary and covers health- and social science research, collaborates with researchers from other faculties and universities, both nationally and internationally.

Meeting a foreign culture can be challenging, but for our alumni of the month Hope Corbin, studying in Norway was a great experience. 'Get involved' and 'listen to others' is Corbin's advice to students. Today she is an Associate Professor at the Western Washington...

A WHO-project on health in the adolescent population is now giving researchers access to data collected in 41 countries worldwide. The data gives insight on matters concerning health, well-being, social environment and health related behaviour of 11, 13 and 15 year old boys and girls.